Informational and analytical initiative of monitoring of pressure on civil society (primarily human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, civic and political activists) during the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

четверг, 6 февраля 2014 г.

On 6 February, Igor Harchenko’s lawyer Irina Dubrovina visited him at the detention centre where he is currently serving out his sentence.

Igor said from the moment of his detention on 4 February to the morning of the 5th, that he was held in an almost unheated facility at Krasnodar’s western district police station. Police officers did not provide him with hot food or drinking water. The activist announced a hunger strike on 5 February.

Harchenko’s friends were able to pass on warm clothing and books to him.